Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic said he finds atmospheres at football matches in England so toxic that he won't allow his children to attend.

Begovic has been playing in the country since 2005, representing the likes of Portsmouth, Stoke, Chelsea and now Bournemouth .

But despite the long amount of time he has spent as a professional he said he still cannot get used to the amount of vitriol which is present in the stands.

Speaking to The Athletic Begovic said: “At most sporting events, 50,000 people aren’t calling the referee a f*cking w*nker.

“It’s such a unique thing [to football]. I watch all other sports and yeah, there’s plenty of heckling. In football, there are thousands of people coming together to call one person a name.

Asmir Begovic said the levels of abuse from supporters is unacceptable (Image: AFC Bournemouth/Getty)

“I find football atmospheres vile. I don’t take my kids to games. I don’t go to games myself unless I have a friend to watch or support but even then, I don’t sit with fans."

Begovic said a bad experience during one match which he was taking part in convinced him to never let his children come to see him play again.

He added: “I have two kids. The language that people use, the abuse that people give; they went to one match and my daughter was asking questions like, ‘Daddy, why is this guy calling you names?’. They hear it when they get to an age, and I thought, ‘No. I’m not doing this anymore.”